Soldier is run over by a TANK during botched parade ground display

The Russian is knocked down and swept away by the armoured vehicle but, incredibly, manages to stumble away from the accident

This is the moment an unsuspecting Russian soldier is run over by a tank during a disastrous parade ground display.

The soldier is standing to attention with fellow troops during the public event when the heavily armoured vehicle sweeps onto the esplanade.

In what should have been a choreographed show of military skill, the speeding driver fails to avoid the soldiers on parade and sweeps the soldier under the wheels of his vehicle, dragging him for several yard

But miraculously, the private survives his injuries. He staggers back on to his feet and limps back to his post.

Soldiers and bystanders are seen running onto the parade ground to tend to him. The full extent of his injuries are unknown, but the soldier was taken to hospital following the accident.

The shaky footage was taken by a spectator at the event in the city of Ussuriysk, in eastern Russia close to the Chinese border.